1 See, where he stands, the Ruler of all, among the rulers[1] assembled, comes for-ward to pronounce judgement on the rulers themselves! 2 Will you never cease perverting justice, espousing the cause of the wicked? 3 Come, give redress to the poor and the friendless, do right to the afflicted and the destitute; 4 to you need and poverty look for deliverance, rescue them from the hand of the wickedness. 5 But no, ignorant and unperceiving, they grope their way in darkness; see how unstable are the props of earth! 6 Gods you are, I myself have declared it; favoured children, every one of you, of the most High;[2] 7 yet the doom of mortals awaits you, you shall fall with the fall of human princes. 8 Bestir thyself, Lord, bring the world to judgement; all the nations are thy own domain.